Should I release this bonus Zelda video? (Patreon)
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After I finished my Breath of the Wild video, I toyed with this idea of doing a bonus follow-up video, to touch on that same topic, but from a different angle.
This would allow me to make stuff without the epic production schedule of a usual episode (using a more off-the-cuff script, and re-using footage gathered for the main video), and also touch on topics that don't exactly fit GTMK's remit.
So I made this video, touching on some of the more interesting elements of Breath of the Wild's somewhat-maligned soundtrack - from allusions to classic Zelda tunes, to referencing the game's themes in its music, to a lovely example of a song that changes over time.
You can watch it above. It has roughly the same spoiler content as the main episode. There's a spoiler warning towards the end for a side-quest you may wish to finish yourself.
So I'm pleased that I was able to make something, from start to finish, in less than two days. On Tuesday I wrote the script, gathered a bit more footage, recorded the vocals, and laid down all of the audio tracks. Then on Wednesday I overlaid some video footage, applied some motion graphics, and exported.
A normal episode can take one, two or, three weeks to make!
But I'm hesitant to release it on my channel, for a number of reasons. One, is that I value quality extremely highly and want everything that appears on my YT channel to be awesome. I don't do update videos or anything like that, to reflect this. While I'm proud of this music-related video, I'm not sure it's as worthy as main episodes.
Two is Zelda fatigue. So far in 2017, subscribers have seen a Twilight Princess Boss Keys, a Zelda 1 video, a Breath of the Wild video, and they'll soon be seeing a Spirit Tracks Boss Keys. If I was a viewer who didn't care about Zelda, another video might just make me unsubscribe!
And three is that it's another gushy BOTW video. I mean, I love this game like crazy but as a critic I'm not sure I want to come off as a hopelessly biased fanboy for a certain game. Though, maybe that's fine - we all have our preferences, and I'm not really shy about revealing them (see: number of Far Cry 2, Mario, Dark Souls references in GMTK).
Anyway. Would really appreciate your thoughts on this one. I'm obviously not charging Patrons for it, and it may also have some ads because Nintendo took a copyright strike on the music (though I may fight that, as it's about the music, and should be covered under fair use).
(Scrap that, YouTube's copyright claim thing is really scary and it basically threatens to delete your channel if you make a false claim so eff that)
Thanks!
Mark